THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Paying college athletes? Isn't a free education enough? The chemistry major will be paying off his tuition well into his 30s!"
Colin Cowherd, Twitter
In 2008-2009, the overall annual revenue for college athletics programs was estimated at $10.6 billion.
NCAA.org
Q: in 2012, how much revenue did the KU athletic program bring in?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A: $70,493,698
THE MORNING BREW College athletes should not be paid
Through the years, the controversial topic on whether or not college athletes should be paid has been a heated discussion that many people have strong opinions on. The subject was recently brought up to me when a friend told me about an article he read in The New York Times in support of paying college athletes. After reading the article myself, I became even more adamant as to why college athletes should not be paid.
The article by Joe Nocera states, "Instead of sweet-talking recruits, college coaches will instead offer athletes real contracts, just as professional teams do." What is wrong with this kind of system is that every program and university brings in different amounts of money annually for various reasons.
Just like professional sports, small-
market teams have a difficult time paying the high-valued athletes. If you take this concept and apply it to college athletics, the same result would occur because small conference schools, like the mid-majors, do not bring in as much money as a the power six conferences.
Later in the article, it mentions,
"Providing lifetime health insurance as
a benefit for anyone who plays at least two years of college ball is a no-brainer." A no-brainer? What about the 48.6 million people in this country that the U.S. Census Bureau says does not have any form of health insurance? What about them? When people in our country are struggling to pay for any kind of health insurance on their own, how is OK for college athletes to be entitled to lifetime insurance?
Considering so many college athletes are leaving school early nowadays, why would a school want to invest so much money into a player that may not even stay all fours years? With the scholarships already given, free tutoring provided, per diem money and everything else in between, giving them salary-type money just seems ridiculous and hard for me to comprehend.
The value of a free education can never be underestimated. It takes years for some people to pay off their student loans, and for many college athletes, it is something they will never have to worry about. They already have so much going for them. How can money enhance their lives even more when they are practically already given everything they could ask for?
- Edited by Taylor Lewis
This week in athletics
Tuesday
No events scheduled
Wednesday
Thursday
Women's Basketball
TCU
7 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas
No events scheduled
Friday
Tennis
Charleston Southern
2 p.m.
Charleston, S.C.
Baseball
Nevada
2 p.m.
Mesa, Ariz.
Softball
Indiana State
5 p.m.
Auburn, Ala.
Women's Golf FSU Invitational All Day Tallahassee, Flr
Softball
Tennessee Chattanooga
8 p.m.
Auburn, Ala.
Saturday
Tennis College of Charlestor 10 a.m. Charleston, S.C.
Softball
Auburn
12:30 p.m.
Auburn, Ala
Baseball
Nevada
2 p.m.
Mesa, Ariz.
Men's Basketball
Texas
8 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Golf FSU Invitational All Day Tallahassee, Fla.
Softball
Bryant University
9 a.m.
Auburn, Ala.
Sunday
Women's Basketball
Oklahoma
1:30 p.m.
Lawrence
Baseball
Nevada
2:00 p.m.
Mesa, Ariz.
Women's Golf FSU Invitational All Day Tallahassee, Fla.
NBA
Monday
Baseball
Nevada
1 p.m.
Mesa, Ariz.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Celtics guard suffers knee injury amidst losing streak
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All in all, Monday proved to be a painful night for the Boston Celtics.
Not only did the Celtics have their seven-game losing streak snapped at the hands of the NBA's worst team, but they might have suffered yet another costly injury in their 94-91 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats.
Backup guard Leandro Barbosa, who has seen increased playing time since the season-ending injury to Rajon Rondo, injured his left knee late in the third quarter and had to be carried to the locker room by a trainer and teammate.
Coach Doc Rivers said Barbosa will have an MRI on Tuesday.
"It doesn't look great but we'll
see," Rivers said.
All of that came crashing down Monday night.
In the seven games since Rondo's injury Barbosa had averaged nine points while playing an average of 22.5 minutes. The Celtics had won all seven games.
This night belonged to Charlotte's unheralded big man, Byron Mullens.
The four-year NBA veteran turned in a career game with 25 points and 18 rebounds as the Bobcats snapped a seven-game losing streak.
The 7-foot Mullens hit 10 of 16 shots from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Ramon Sessions had 19 points for the Bobcats, including the go-ahead jumper from 18 feet with 25.7 sec.
onds left. Kemba Walker naad 16 points, six assists and six rebounds, and Gerald Henderson chipped in with 16 points.
Mullens was playing his fifth game after missing 19 with an ankle injury.
“it's big time,” Walker said of Mullens' effort. “We need that from him. We need that from Byron and he can do it. We know he can do it every night. He is very capable. When he has big games like that, you know, I think that gives us a much better chance.”
Mullens said he was more pleased with his rebounding than his scoring "because that is not what I'm known for.
"I just have to show the league and this organization that I can rebound," he said.
Kevin Garnett had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Celtics, but missed a key 18-footer that would have given Boston the lead late in the game. Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley had chances to send the game into overtime in the final seconds, but missed open 3-pointers.
Jeff Green had 18 points for the Celtics and Pierce finished with 13 points, eight assists and eight rebounds.
"We had a win streak going and we had momentum going," Celtics guard Courtney Lee said. "We wanted finish out the rest of these games going into the (All-Star) break. So it's definitely a letdown. This one hurts more because we had the lead with one minute to go."
It was a back-and-forth game
throughout.
After Henderson gave the Bobcats an 85-84 lead with 3:58 remaining, Jason Terry made a 3 from the wing and Garnett followed with a turnaround jumper in the lane to push the Boston lead to four.
It appeared as though the Bobcats were on their way to another fourth quarter collapse.
But trailing by four, Henderson hit a 3-point with 1:01 left. After Bradley missed an open jumper, Sessions came free off a screen and knocked down an 18-footer to give the Bobcats the lead with 25.7 seconds remaining.
The Celtics called timeout but Garnett missed from the left wing. Mullens grabbed his 18th rebound and the Walker made a pair of key
free throws to give the Bobcats a three-point lead with 14.8 seconds left.
Boston set up an inbounds play and Pierce got an open look but missed. He grabbed his own rebound and dished out to the wing for Bradley, but he missed a 3 as time expired.
Boston's loss came after a triple overtime win against Denver on Thursday night, but the Celtics refused to use fatigue as an excuse.
The Bobcats battled back in the third quarter behind 12 points from Mullens to take a 75-72 lead into the fourth. Mullens, who scored Charlotte's first 10 points of the game, did most of his damage from outside, knocking down 3-pointers and turnaround jumpers, showing great touch for a big man.
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